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Interview scheduling · October 2026 Edition

Calendly vs GoodTime

Three of fourteen models named Calendly first on the direct prompt; two named GoodTime. Both were named by all fourteen models and Calendly carries 55 labels and GoodTime 49, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Calendly

criticized challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

GoodTime

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share20%16%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate33%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels5549A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Calendly reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Greenhouse was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Calendly vs Lever · Calendly vs ModernLoop · Calendly vs Greenhouse

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the interview scheduling page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CalendlyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGoodTime
Direct322 against Calendly · 1 against GoodTime
Paraphrase111 against Calendly · 1 against GoodTime
Comparative37
Budget-constrained902 against GoodTime
Scale-constrained075 against Calendly
Negative0010 against Calendly · 5 against GoodTime
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Calendly and GoodTime were named in the same answer 120 times, of the 249 answers naming Calendly and the 155 naming GoodTime. In those answers GoodTime took the first choice forty-six times and Calendly thirty-four.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Calendly and GoodTime stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Calendly GoodTime first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Calendly on the left and GoodTime on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Calendly and GoodTime stood in it.

Calendly first, GoodTime an alternative

3 of 14 modelsGoodTime was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastCalendly alternatives: Chili Piper, Greenhouse, Lever
DeepSeek V4 FlashCal.com, Calendly alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever
GLM 4.7 FlashXCalendly alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever

GoodTime first, Calendly not the choice

2 of 14 modelsCalendly was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarGoodTime alternatives: Calendly Sales, Greenhouse, ModernLoop
Qwen 3.7 FlashGoodTime alternatives: Ashby, Lever

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, GoodTime, Greenhouse
GPT-5.4 miniAshby alternatives: Calendly Sales, GoodTime, Prelude
Gemini 3.5 FlashModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly’s Prelude, GoodTime
Kimi K2ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly, GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever
GPT-6 LunaModernLoop alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse, Jobvite alternatives: GoodTime, candidate.fyi

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Lever alternatives: Cal.com
Llama 4 MaverickLever alternatives: Cal.com, Greenhouse, Joveo, Workforce Now
MiniMax M2.5Lever alternatives: Cal.com, Chili Piper, Greenhouse

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Calendly leads by thirty-nine points.
Calendly41%#1 of 15
GoodTime2%#11 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Calendly leads by five points.
Calendly20%#1 of 12
GoodTime16%#2 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: GoodTime leads at enterprise.
GoodTime55%#1 of 13
Calendly9%#2 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Calendly

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Avoid using general-purpose tools (like Doodle or basic free tiers of Calendly) for serious hiring workflows” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Calendly (Specifically for large Enterprise/Tech sectors): ... it is notably banned by Amazon for employee use. This is due to concerns over data leakage” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Calendly - Very popular and widely used. Has a free tier for basic use... For very small teams (1-5 people): Calendly's free plan or BizBot's free tier should suffice” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Most companies with limited budgets start with Calendly's free plan and upgrade only when they need team scheduling features” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“1. Calendly - Best for: Sales teams, recruiters, consultants, and anyone needing to schedule 1:1 or team meetings.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about GoodTime

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“What to avoid if on a tight budget: Enterprise-level tools like GoodTime or ModernLoop” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Users report technical issues, including frequent crashes, missing time slots, and incorrect calendar availability display.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Caveat: It has a steeper price tag (often starting around $15,000 to $40,000/year) and a longer implementation curve” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“look toward standalone partners like Goodtime or Gem as they are designed specifically for the volume and complexity typical of 500-person companies” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Platforms like candidate.fyi, GoodTime, and ModernLoop are specifically designed to handle complex, multi-stage panel loops” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“For complex panels, frequent rescheduling, or lots of recruiting coordination, compare GoodTime and ModernLoop.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.